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Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity. _Enter_ BRIDGET, _hurriedly_. BRIDGET. Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me! Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 63/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 311–315
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plural of “assurance” — freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.”
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
From this reading “_Enter_ BRIDGET, _hurriedly_.”
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
From this reading “Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!”
in a hurried or hasty manner
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.”
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading “Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
plural of “assurance” — freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
From this reading _Enter_ BRIDGET, _hurriedly_.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ BRIDGET, _hurriedly_.
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading _Enter_ BRIDGET, _hurriedly_.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such a lot of soldiers--all coming down the road.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Walter, go, and carry with you assurances of my unwavering fidelity.
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